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The Resource The cosmopolitan military : armed forces and human security in the 21st century, Jonathan Gilmore

The cosmopolitan military : armed forces and human security in the 21st century, Jonathan Gilmore

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What role should national militaries play in an increasingly globalised and interdependent world? The Cosmopolitan Military examines the often difficult transition they have made toward missions aimed at protecting civilians and promoting human security. It poses the question of whether we might be seeing the emergence of armed forces that exist to serve the wider human community, rather than the nation state, and examines the role played by overseas ethical commitments in shaping recent Western defence and security policy. Although national militaries have the traditional responsibility of defending the state and its citizens, operations to protect vulnerable non-citizens have now become an important additional role in the post-Cold War world. This path-breaking study provides an incisive analysis of peacekeeping, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), military operations during the War on Terror, and the rise of human security thinking. Drawing upon cosmopolitan ethical approaches, it formulates a new mode of military practice, one that might help militaries to escape the constraints of warfighting and better embrace responsibilities to a wider community of humankind.--
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eng
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ix, 239 pages
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  • 1. A Cosmopolitan Renaissance in the Theory and Practice of International Relations 2. Military Orthodoxy and the Warfighting Tradition 3. The Troubled Cosmopolitan Present 4. Re-imagining Cosmopolitanism as Military Practice 5. The United Nations: Concepts, Capability and the Cosmopolitan Military 6. Constructing the 'Cosmopolitan-Minded' National Military Conclusion
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9781137032263
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The cosmopolitan military : armed forces and human security in the 21st century
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The cosmopolitan military
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armed forces and human security in the 21st century
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Jonathan Gilmore
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Language
eng
Summary
What role should national militaries play in an increasingly globalised and interdependent world? The Cosmopolitan Military examines the often difficult transition they have made toward missions aimed at protecting civilians and promoting human security. It poses the question of whether we might be seeing the emergence of armed forces that exist to serve the wider human community, rather than the nation state, and examines the role played by overseas ethical commitments in shaping recent Western defence and security policy. Although national militaries have the traditional responsibility of defending the state and its citizens, operations to protect vulnerable non-citizens have now become an important additional role in the post-Cold War world. This path-breaking study provides an incisive analysis of peacekeeping, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), military operations during the War on Terror, and the rise of human security thinking. Drawing upon cosmopolitan ethical approaches, it formulates a new mode of military practice, one that might help militaries to escape the constraints of warfighting and better embrace responsibilities to a wider community of humankind.--
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Gilmore, Jonathan
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non fiction
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New security challenges series
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  • Armed Forces
  • Armed Forces
  • Military doctrine
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The cosmopolitan military : armed forces and human security in the 21st century, Jonathan Gilmore
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index
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1. A Cosmopolitan Renaissance in the Theory and Practice of International Relations 2. Military Orthodoxy and the Warfighting Tradition 3. The Troubled Cosmopolitan Present 4. Re-imagining Cosmopolitanism as Military Practice 5. The United Nations: Concepts, Capability and the Cosmopolitan Military 6. Constructing the 'Cosmopolitan-Minded' National Military Conclusion
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FIEb17745056
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23 cm.
Extent
ix, 239 pages
Isbn
9781137032263
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unmediated
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rdamedia.
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(OCoLC)919000021
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The cosmopolitan military : armed forces and human security in the 21st century, Jonathan Gilmore
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index
Carrier category
volume
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rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
1. A Cosmopolitan Renaissance in the Theory and Practice of International Relations 2. Military Orthodoxy and the Warfighting Tradition 3. The Troubled Cosmopolitan Present 4. Re-imagining Cosmopolitanism as Military Practice 5. The United Nations: Concepts, Capability and the Cosmopolitan Military 6. Constructing the 'Cosmopolitan-Minded' National Military Conclusion
Control code
FIEb17745056
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
ix, 239 pages
Isbn
9781137032263
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
System control number
(OCoLC)919000021

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